Dick Purcell

Aug 6, 1905 - Greenwich, Connecticut, USA

Dick Purcell (born Richard Gerold Purcell, Jr.) was an American screen and stage actor. He is best known for playing Marvel Comics' Captain America in the 1944 film serial. The serial was released on February 5, and Purcell, age 38, died two months later, on 10 April 1944, the result of a fatal heart attack.

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Movie	1940	The Bank Dick	Mackley Q. Greene
Movie	1942	The Old Homestead	Scarf Lennin
Movie	1941	King of the Zombies	James 'Mac' McCarthy
Movie	1940	Outside the Three-Mile Limit	Agent Melvin Pierce
Movie	1936	Bullets or Ballots	Ed Driscoll
Movie	1940	New Moon	Alexander
Movie	1938	Nancy Drew… Detective	Keiffer
Movie	1939	Blackwell's Island	Terry Walsh
Movie	1936	Times Square Playboy	Wally Calhoun
Movie	1938	Mystery House	Lance O'Leary
Movie	1940	Flight Command	Lieut. 'Stichy' Payne
Movie	1943	Reveille with Beverly	Andy Adams
Movie	1944	Captain America	Captain America / Grant Gardner
Movie	1941	No Hands on the Clock	Red Harris
Movie	1940	Arise, My Love	Pink
Movie	1938	Over the Wall	Ace Scanlon
Movie	1942	Phantom Killer	Edward Clarkk
Movie	1943	The Mystery of the 13th Guest	Johnny Smith
Movie	1936	The Case of the Velvet Claws	Crandal
Movie	1936	Brides Are Like That	Dr. Randolph Jenkins (as Richard Purcell)
Movie	1937	Men in Exile	Jimmy Carmody
Movie	1937	Wine, Women and Horses	George Mayhew
Movie	1936	Public Enemy's Wife	Louie
Movie	1937	Missing Witnesses	"Bull" Regan
Movie	1942	X Marks the Spot	Police Lt. William 'Bill' Decker
Movie	1938	Valley of the Giants	Creel
Movie	1938	Penrod's Double Trouble	Tex Boyden
Movie	1937	Melody for Two	Mel Lynch
Movie	1938	Accidents Will Happen	Jim Faber
Movie	1937	Navy Blues	Rusty Gibbs
Movie	1936	King of Hockey	Gabby Dugan
Movie	1944	Leave It to the Irish	Pat Burke
Movie	1944	Trocadero	Spike Nelson
Movie	1942	I Live on Danger	Norm Thompson
Movie	1939	Irish Luck	Steve Lanahan
Movie	1936	Follow the Fleet	Lead Marine on Ship (uncredited)
Movie	1938	Air Devils	Percy 'Slats' Harrington
Movie	1939	Heroes in Blue	Terry Murphy
Movie	1936	The Law in Her Hands	Marty
Movie	1944	Timber Queen	Milt Holmes
Movie	1937	Reported Missing	Paul Wayne
Movie	1938	The Daredevil Drivers	Bill Foster
Movie	1941	Bullets for O'Hara	Wicks
Movie	1938	Garden of the Moon	Rick Fulton
Movie	1937	Public Wedding	Joe Taylor
Movie	1936	Jailbreak	Ed Slayden
Movie	1936	Man Hunt	Skip McHenry
Movie	1938	Tough Kid	'Red' Murphy
Movie	1937	Alcatraz Island	David 'Harp' Santell
Movie	1941	The Pittsburgh Kid	Cliff Halliday
Movie	1943	No Place for a Lady	Randy Brooks
Movie	1942	Torpedo Boat	Ralph Andrews
Movie	1943	Aerial Gunner	Lancelot 'Gadget' Blaine
Movie	1942	In Old California	Joe Dawson
Movie	1936	Freshman Love	Radio Announcer (uncredited)
Movie	1937	Talent Scout	Benefit Show Guest (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie	1938	Flight Into Nowhere	Bill Kellogg
Movie	1936	The Captain's Kid	George Chester
Movie	1941	Flying Blind	Bob Fuller
Movie	1938	Broadway Musketeers	Vince Morrell
Movie	1939	While America Sleeps	Dave Miller
Movie	1939	Drunk Driving	John Jones
Movie	1943	Idaho	Duke Springer
Movie	1938	Breakdowns of 1938	Tex Boyden (archive footage) (uncredited)
Movie	1936	Ceiling Zero	Smiley (as Dick Purcell)
Movie	1943	Fighting Men: Crack That Tank	Tank Instructor
Movie	1930	The Doorway to Hell	Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)
Movie	1940	Private Affairs	Dick Cartwright
Movie	1936	Bengal Tiger	Nick DeLargo
Movie	1939	Screen Snapshots Series 18, No. 8	Dick Purcell
Movie	1939	Streets of New York	T.P. 'Tap' Keenan
Movie	1937	Draegerman Courage	Trapped Draegerman (uncredited)
Movie	1941	Two in a Taxi	Bill Gratton
Movie	1943	High Explosive	Dave
Movie	1936	Snowed Under	Bert (uncredited)

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